Roof



G. C. TRICE Sept. 4, 1923.

ROOF

Filed March 12 gwumatoz GILBERT c. TmcE.

a M QHiM-M 6H0: new 5 Patented Sept. 4, 1923.

ROOF.

Application filed March 12, 1923. Serial Ito. 624,564.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GILBERT C. TRIOE, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Fayetteville, county of Cumberland,

State of North Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Roofs; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled 1 in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to, roofings, and more particularly to a new and improved method of recovering old roofs which were initially shingled. I

The problem of re-roofing has vexed buildin contractors for many years, and especial y where it has become necessary to re-shingle a roof. There are many hundreds of thousands of shingled roofs in this coun-' try alone, and a very'large percentage of them are greatly in need 0 repair.

Aside from the fact that good wooden shingles are at present so expensive as to be almost commercially rohibitive, the life of such shingles is very ort, and the actual reshingling operation "is such an annoyance as to render it extremely undesirable. The old shingles must be first removed, and new ones substituted, a long, tedious operation, accompanied by much discomfort to the house tenants, and considerable danger to the contents of the-house, durin the interval between the removal of the o d shingles and the installation of the new, as may be readily understood.

The building contractors operating in the districts where wooden shingled houses are common, have given serious consideration to the problem, but have heretofore been anable to select a satisfactory substitutefor the very old method of removing the old wooden shingles and installing the new. It"

has hitherto been impracticable to simply cover over the old, worn out and decayed shingles and present a' weatherproof construction, due primarily to the fact that such shingles were laid in stepped relation. Many attem ts have been made to devise a method where y a covering could be laid over the old ste ped shingles, and still'be weatherproof, but such efforts have heretofore been abortive. The primary object of my invention, therefore, is the production of a method whereby old shingled roofs may be recovered, or re-shingled, and whereby the recovered roof will be far better weatherproofed than if entirely reshingled.

Another object of the invention is the production, by the method, of a roof which shall not only display the appearance of a newly shingled roof, but shall be" possessed,-to a very high degree, of admirable insulating qualities, and which may also be non-combustible.

Other objects of the invention will be made apparent in the following specifications, with reference to the drawings formin a part thereof.

11 said drawings Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a house showmg the evolution of my method Fi 2 shows the difierent steps in treating t e old shingled roofs during the application of my method, and

Fig. 3 is a fragmentar I view of one of the wedge-shaped strips utilized to eliminate the ste s in the old layers of shingles.

ow referring specifically to the drawings, 1 indicates the old shingles, which, as is well known, are always laid in approximatel the manner shown at the to of Fig. 1', wit the thicker end of the shingl s pointin downwardly.

norder' to take out the step between the old shingles, I utilize the filler member 21,,

shown in Fi 3. This member may be 0 any length esired, but its rear edge 3 is constructed to be of the same thicknem as that of the thicker ed eof the oldshin les shown in Fig. 1. T e member 2 is t en tapered downwardly to a sharp front edge 4, as clearly shown, so that, when applied by tacks or 'nails or otherwise, to the old shingles, as indicated at'the middle portion of Fig. 2, it entirely eliminates the step between said shingles and the next lower layer. A cross section of this construction is shown in the middle view Fig. .2,

The next step in my method is the a plication, to the flattened surface formed by the filler member 2, of an outer coveri 5.

The covering 5 may be called shingles, strips,

or any suitable terminology may be used. It may be of any appro riate material, and of any desired lengt t is here shown as a strip of about the length to equal the width of four or five of the old style shingles, and

as possessed of a certain flexibility, I prefer the strips 5 are arranged in overlapping.

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From the foregoing it will be clear that by filling in the steps between the old shingles, I have obviated the diflicult heretofore present in re-covering roofs 0 this character, having provided a straight, continuous surface upon which the strips 5 maybe laid as desired.

I preferto use strips 5 made of flexiblematerial, containing sufficient asbestos or asphalt to render them practically fireproof, but I am in no manner limited in the character of the material of the filler mem here 2, or the covering strips 5.

It will be noted that, in the practice of my method, I have produceda'roof which is of three layer construction, to Wit, the old shingles, the filler members, and the covering strips. Old wood, dried and decayed, such as old shingles,is one of the best known insulators against heat and cold. It therefore follows that my method not only dispenses with the necessity of tearing off the old shingles, eliminating the consequent annoyance and danger incident thereto, but actually utilizes the old shingles as insulators, whereby the rooms are kept cool in summer and warm in winter. The three layers before referred to make an absolutely weather proof construction, and the covering strips should always be of noncombustible material The entire roof may 2. A roof composed of a bottomcovering made up of a plurality of layers of shingles arranged in stepped relation, tapered filler strips secured to said shingles, adjacent the exposed edges thereof, eliminating the steps between the layers and presentin a flat top surface, and a covering for said ler strips.

3. A roof composed of a bottom covering made up of a plurality of layers of shingles arranged in stepped relation, tapered filler strips positioned transversely upon the shingles, eliminating the steps between the layers and presenting a substantially flat top surface, and an outer covering for said filler strips.

4:. A roof composed of a bottom covering comprising a plurality of layers of shingles arranged in stepped relation, tapered filler strips inserted in the steps between successive layers of said bottom covering, abutting the lower ends of the shingles and eliminating the steps between the layers, and an outer layer of weather-proof material.

In testimony whereofll afiix my signature.

GILBERT CLEVELAND-TRICE. 

